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Bonjour tout le monde! Saturday the 17th of March began what will become a memorable and incredibly special journey. All Young Ambassadors for 2018 came from far and near to congregate in Wellington and finally meet, starting the ball rolling on the Following Family Footsteps trip. 

Bonjour tout le monde!

I am overjoyed to have received the opportunity to be part of the Young Ambassadors group of 2018. When I received the acceptance email I was thankfully home alone, which saved me from a lot of embarrassment since my reaction was very ecstatic!

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Bonjour tout le monde,

My name is Shani McMullan, and I am super excited to be part of the Young Ambassador’s group for 2018!

To me, being an ambassador is about relationships. I went on a high school French trip two years ago, and as part of it we visited a school in Nice. It was so interesting to meet young people like us, yet who lived completely different lives. I didn't have too much of a chance to bond with any of the students then, but this time round I’m hoping to make more...

Six Young Ambassadors will be travelling on their ancestors’ footsteps in France come July 2018.

Farewell ceremony for the pou.

So how did the Pou come about?

An ambitious project led from Christchurch, whose vision is to enable students to build their language and cross cultural skills by making a connection with their own roots, and to share it with others in relation to World War One.

Project Quick Facts 

Who is involved? 

Shirley Boys High School. Christchurch, Suzy Lallemant
Lycee Jacques Caron, Arras Carole VEHENT
Lycee Carnot, Dijon Sylvie Pipon 

The relationship with Lycée Jacque Carron is born from the YA2016 trip when Sean, Young...

I was a crazy francophile back in 2014 and I’m proud to say that nothing has changed, nearly three years later.  

Taking the opportunity to develop my knowledge of language and culture in New Caledonia leads to benefit my students' experience of French